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Fund managers’ risk appetite up – Merrill survey
GLOBAL – Fund managers’ risk appetite has grown in the last 10 months, according to the latest survey of fund managers conducted by Merrill Lynch.
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Schroders confirms Pignatelli departure
UK – Schroders has confirmed that former chief investment officer Mark Pignatelli is to leave the company by “mutual consent”.
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Denmark’s Pen-Sam awards $200m to State Street
DENMARK – The 2.4 billion-euro Danish medical industry pension fund Pen-Sam says it has awarded 200 million dollars in enhanced indexed global equities to State Street.
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Watson Wyatt says FRS17 nullifies equity rise
UK – The FRS17 pension accounting standard has cancelled out stock market rises, says consulting firm Watson Wyatt.
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Standard Life names Benelux investment chief
EUROPE - Standard Life Investments has named Pat Woods as investment director for Benelux while Jennifer Richards takes over from him in the same role in Ireland.
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Danish fund tenders large caps via IPE-Quest
DENMARK – A Danish pension fund has tendered a European large-cap equities mandate worth around 70 million euros on IPE Quest.
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Blue Sky taps PIMCO for inflation-linked mandate
NETHERLANDS – The Blue Sky Group, which manages pension assets for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, has awarded a 218 million-euro inflation-linked mandate to Allianz’s PIMCO.
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Xerox Dutch scheme awards bonds to Delta Lloyd
NETHERALANDS - Delta Lloyd Asset Management says it has been awarded a 270 million-euro fixed income mandate by Xerox in the Netherlands.
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Goldman Sachs AM sees liability-based mandates
EUROPE – Goldman Sachs Asset Management says it sees demand for mandates that take account of liabilities.
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Germany's BVK taps Mellon for US mid-caps
GERMANY – The 29 billion-euro BVK, or Bayerische Versorgungskammer, has awarded Mellon Global Investments a 100 million-euro US mid-cap equities mandate.
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European managers see euro stocks up 10% - poll
UK – European institutional investment managers expect European equities to return 10% in 2004, according to a survey by Mercer Investment Consulting.
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Julius Baer closes Amsterdam, Paris offices
SWITZERLAND – Swiss private banking group Julius Baer has closed its offices in Amsterdam and Paris following its decision last year to withdraw from institutional brokerage.
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Dutch fund tenders mandates on IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS – A consultant in the Netherlands has tendered three mandates on IPE-Quest on behalf of a Dutch pension fund.
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Insight hires names ex-Amex AM CIO Burgess
UK - Insight Investment says it has named Mark Burgess from American Express Asset Management as head of equities.
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ISIS names Currie as N. American equities head
UK - ISIS Asset Management has appointed David Currie, former head of the US desk at Edinburgh Fund Managers, as head of North American equities.
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Robeco to begin “active voting” as assets rise
NETHERLANDS – Robeco says it will start actively exercising its voting rights at shareholder meetings this year – and that it will put its voting record on its web site.
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Danish fund tenders Japan equities on IPE-Quest
DENMARK – A Danish pension fund has tendered a Japanese large-cap equities mandate via IPE-Quest.
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New KAS Bank chief Goebel withdraws
NETHERLANDS - Dutch custody services group KAS Bank says Peter Goebel will not now take over from chairman F.S. von Balluseck.
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Italy’s Fonchim nears E800m scheme revamp
ITALY - The results of one of the largest manager searches among Italy’s second pillar pension schemes is expected soon.
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BNP Paribas AM launches three hedge funds
FRANCE - BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched three hedge funds as part a push into the alternative asset arena.
